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Subject[tip:core/stacktrace] stacktrace: Use PF_KTHREAD to check for kernel threads
Commit-ID:  7e8e6816c6495a1168f9a7a50125d82c23e59300
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/7e8e6816c6495a1168f9a7a50125d82c23e59300
Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
AuthorDate: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 17:53:35 +0200
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitDate: Wed, 3 Jul 2019 09:04:06 +0200

stacktrace: Use PF_KTHREAD to check for kernel threads

!current->mm is not a reliable indicator for kernel threads as they might
temporarily use a user mm. Check for PF_KTHREAD instead.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.21.1907021750100.1802@nanos.tec.linutronix.de

---
kernel/stacktrace.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/stacktrace.c b/kernel/stacktrace.c
index 36139de0a3c4..c8d0f05721a1 100644
--- a/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ unsigned int stack_trace_save_user(unsigned long *store, unsigned int size)
};

/* Trace user stack if not a kernel thread */
- if (!current->mm)
+ if (current->flags & PF_KTHREAD)
return 0;

arch_stack_walk_user(consume_entry, &c, task_pt_regs(current));
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